Global Poker Index Buys TheHendonMob.com

The Hendon Mob website offers one of the deepest tournament databases that you will find online. As of today the Global Poker Index is the new owner as they have completed the acquisition of The Hendon Mob Limited for an undisclosed amount.

If you are unfamiliar with TheHendonMob.com it was launched in 2001 by Joe Beevers, Barny Boatman, Ross Boatman & Ram Vaswamni with the goal of allowing serious players the ability to monitor tournament stats of their peers.

Alexandre Dreyfus, CEO Global Poker Index had the following to say.

We are very excited and extremely proud to count The Hendon Mob as part of the Global Poker Index family. The Hendon Mob poker database is the best in the world, without a doubt. We plan to support and grow this tremendous asset. The Hendon Mob and the Global Poker Index are a natural fit to put together. As a combined company, they truly form an authoritative hub for all poker players, particularly those who compete in live events.

Global Poker Index is committed to investing heavily into the existing website to offer new and innovative ways to monitor poker tournaments. One of the main goals is to provide essentially real-time tournament results.

Barny Boatman, Founder of TheHendonMob.com had the following to say about the future of the site.

We are excited about the upcoming developments from which everyone in poker will benefit, and we will continue to give our enthusiastic support to the Global Poker Index and Hendon Mob project.

Kevin has been in the poker world for over 10 years. He started out playing online poker and then transitioned to live cash games. During that time he traveled around the US in search of high stake ring games. Soon after Black Friday, Kevin transitioned into poker news journalism and is now the Editor-in-Chief of PokerEagles.com.